Newsgroups: alt.music.deep-purple 
Subject: Ritchfan Road Report 
From: fischer@netmbx.netmbx.de (Axel Fischer) 
Date: 12 Oct 1995 21:30:37 GMT 

Hello everyone. I have finally made it to Germany and am with Axel just now I just wanted to tell erveryone what a thrill it is to be here and see Rainbow again. I flew into Frankfurt and then took the train to Berlin I had two hours rest and then went to the concert to be first in line.

Amazingly the door to the venue, Neue Welt was open and we walked on in. There by the soundbaord was Doogie. We went over to talk to him and as my scottish accent immediately came back (I grew up there) . He immediately warmed up and introduced me to the roadie, also from scotland. We had a good chat about the tour sofar, he explained why the band isnt doing All Night Long (it's out of his range), why the beer drinking songs, and lots of other stuff. Doogie gave me a free ticket to the Rotterdam show and backstage pass so next week I may finally realize a dream come true and meet the man himself. I am gibberish already.

The show was one of the best I have ever seen and I can bore Trond with the details later. I was even given the beer by ritchie during the concert while Doogie says "There's a Scot for you!!!!" Now i have been immortalized in tape!!! (will the japanese know what that means if it comes out on CD?)

The night couldnt have been better. Tomorrow is Ludwigshafen and then Stuttgart and Osnabrueck then the finale for me at Rotterdam. This is the experience of a life time.

A big hello to all AOL-ers. Thanks to Axel for his hospitality.

Cheers,

Baby Blackmore